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This is a discussion on find words and change within the JavaScript Programming forums, part of the Programming & Scripting category; Hi, If someone enters High School in a text box i want to make it H.S. If someone enters university ...
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June 27th, 2008, 11:59 AM
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 find words and change Hi, If someone enters High School in a text box i want to make it H.S. If someone enters university in a textbox I want to make it Unv I tried the replace function in javascript but i think i messed it up somewhere Any idea todd  |
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June 27th, 2008, 12:03 PM
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| for one, post your code. for two, what if they type in Univ ... or College or etc. well, hopefully you get what i'm getting at. why not use a drop down box so that they will always be what you want them to be.
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July 1st, 2008, 05:55 PM
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| hi, this is the code i have Code: if (getinstnamemem.length > 0)
{
getinstnamemem=getinstnamemem.replace("High School", "H.S.");
getinstnamemem=getinstnamemem.replace("University", "Unv");
}
but if someone enters university it doesnt change it to Unv can someone tell me how i can make it happen todd |
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July 2nd, 2008, 09:58 AM
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| There is really no good way to do what you are trying to do. The number of permutations are almost infinite, even if you upper or lower case the string prior to doing the replace: High School High School High School University Univ. Univ are all different.
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